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Government to set up 10 community colleges for skill development
Thursday September 06, 2012 06:27:55 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi: The
government will set up 10 community colleges in collaboration with
Canadian educational institutes to educate illiterate adults and
provide skill-based training for employment, Human Resource
Development Minister Kapil Sibal said Thursday.
"Under the adult literacy programme of the HRD ministry, as many
as 70 million people need to be literate and their capacity
enhanced to enable them to acquire the skills required to perform
jobs," the minister said at the fifth Global Skills Summit
organised by Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and
Industry (FICCI).
Of the illiterate 70 million, 60 million are women who need
education and skill training close to where they live. And for
this, the government would launch 100 community colleges this
year.
"We are going to set up a working group and have a roadmap in the
next three months with Canadian collaboration," he added.
Referring to India's rich demographic dividend, the minister said
there are 400 million people in the age group of 0-40 which is
three-fourth of Europe and much larger than the numbers in the US
and Canada put together.
"I shudder to think of the challenges of educating and imparting
training in skills to contribute to the growth process. If we
don't get it right, the recipe would be between disaster and great
success."
He called for a roadmap for focused international collaboration on
developing skill-sets that would be needed to service the world
community.
"If we can collaborate and set up community colleges or skill
development centres in the context of National Skill Development
Corporation and the Sector Skill Council then what we will be able
to do is develop skills and human resources which then can be
absorbed in other parts of the world for their economic
development and at the same time have enough skills to be absorbed
in our economy which is a win-win for both."
The minister underlined the need for vocational education
programmes in schools.
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